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Sport in 90 Seconds

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Fri 23 Aug 2013, 8:54 AM AEST

Sport in 90 Seconds

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THE ONLY CHANGE MADE TO AUSTRALIA'S 23-MAN BLEDISLOE CUP SQUAD HAS BEEN THE INCLUSION OF SCOTT FARDY - TO REPLACE INJURED HUGH MCMENIMAN AT BLINDSIDE FLANKER AND NSW LOCK KANE DOUGLAS COMING ONTO THE BENCH.GAME ONE DEBUTANTS JESSE MOGG AND MATT TOOMUA HAVE BEEN RETAINED IN AN UNCHANGED BACKLINE FOR TOMORROW'S MUST-WIN TESTAGAINST THE ALL BLACKS IN WELLINGTON. COACH EWEN MCKENZIE IS HOPING THE YOUNG PLAYERS CAN BLOSSOM IN TIME.ISRAEL FOLAU WILL STAY ON THE RIGHT WING AND JAMES O'CONNORSTAYS ON THE LEFT WING.

THE PRESIDENTS OF 17 AFL CLUBS HAVE AGREED THE ESSENDON SUPPLEMENTS CASE SHOULD BE KEPT OUT OF THE COURTS.

THE CLUB BOSSES MET WITH THE LEAGUE IN MELBOURNE LATE YESTERDAY, AND THEN CONTINUED THEIR DISCUSSIONS AFTER THE BOMBERS AND AFL REPRESENTATIVES LEFT.

LAWYERS FOR JAMES HIRD HAD EARLIER ISSUED COURT PAPERS OVER THE AFL'S HANDLING OF HIS CASE.

THE 17 CLUBS THEN SETTLED ON THEIR POSITION, TAKINGTHE AFL'S SIDE, UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTING THE INTEGRITY OF THE AFL RULES.